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TEST3PartIListeningComprehension(15%)PartII.VocabularyandStructure(20%)Directions:Thereare20incompleetesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),D).ChoosetheONEthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.13.Sheisnotvery______aboutmoneyonlywhenitcomesspending.A)SensibleB)sensitiveC)senselessD)insensitive14.Coldandhumidisthis______climateinspringofthiswestcity.A)CommonB)generalC)usualD)ordinary15.IfonlyI_____abouthiscoming,Iwouldhavemethimatthestation.A)WouldknowB)hadknownC)haveknownD)knew16._____sheisinLondon,shewillringupheroldfriendMary.A)AssoonasB)AsC)NosoonerD)While17.Thereasonwhycoalisstillaveryvaluablesourceofpoweris_____atomicpowerisnotavailableinsufficientquantity.A)BecauseB)thatC)asD)for18.Wemovedtothefrontnow______wecouldhearandseebetter.A)SoasB)sothatC)becauseD)suchthat19.Heisverystubbornsoaskinghimtochangehismindis______.A)outofthequestionB)outofquestionC)OutoforderD)outofplace20.Wetook______ofthefineweatherandspenttheeveningonthebeach.A)ChangeB)opportunityC)advantageD)use21.After______forthejob,youwillberequiredtotakeawrittentest.A)interviewingB)beinginterviewedC)interviewedD)havinginterviewed22.Wewouldhavepaid______forthemachines,ifthecompanyhadinsisted,becausewereallywantedthem.A)asmuchtwiceB)twiceasmuchC)twicemuchD)twicesomuch23.Hersmile______thatshehadforgivenme.A)appliedB)impliedC)justifiedD)supplied24.Itisverysurprisedthatthedriverwasnot______atallinthecaraccident.A)injuredB)woundedC)hurtD)damaged25.Scarcely______onetaskwhenhewasaskedtodoanother.A)hashefinishedB)hadhefinishedC)hehasfinishedD)hehadfinished26.Heofferedarewardto_____shouldreturnthelostring.A)whoB)whomC)whoeverD)whomever27.Lookattheclock!It’stime______home.A)we’llgoB)wewentC)we’regoingD)weshouldgo28.Aftergoingtodozensofjobinterviews,sheeventually______togetajob.A)gainedB)succeededC)managedD)achieved29.Thewordsofhisoldteacherlefta_______impressiononhismind.Heisstillinfluencedbythem.A)longB)livelyC)lastingD)wide30.Theytriedtosilencethe_____audiencebutinvain.A)excitingB)excitedC)exciteD)beingexciting31.Between1974and1997,thenumberofoverseasvisitorsexpanded______27%.A)byB)forC)toD)in32.Heis_______abouthischancesofwinningagoldmedalintheOlympicsnextyear.A)optimisticB)optionalC)outstandingD)obviousPartIII.ReadingComprehension(40%)Directions:Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedABCandD.Youshouldchoosethebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.PassageOneQuestions33to37arebasedonthefollowingpassage.MicrosoftCorporationistheleadingdeveloperofpersonal-computersoftwaresystemsandapplications.Thecompanyalsopublishesbooksandmultimediatitlesandofferselectronicmailservices.IthassalesofficesthroughouttheworldbutdoesvirtuallyallofitsresearchanddevelopmentatitscorporateheadquartersinRedmond,Washington,U.S.In1975BillGatesandPaulG.Allen,twoboyhoodfriendsfromSeattle,convertedBASIC,apopularmainframeprogramminglanguage,foruseonanearlypersonalcomputer(PC),theAltair.ShortlyafterwardGatesandAllenfoundedMicrosoft,derivingthenamefromthewords“microcomputer”and“software”.DuringthenextfewyearstheyrefinedBASICanddevelopedotherprogramminglanguages.In1980InternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation(IBM)askedMicrosofttoproducetheessentialsoftware,oroperatingsystem,foritsfirstpersonalcomputer,theIBMPC.Microsoftpurchasedanoperatingsystemfromanothercompany,modifiedit,andrenameditMS-DOS(MicrosoftDiskOperatingSystem).MS-DOSwasreleasedwiththeIBMPCin1981.Thereafter,mostmanufacturersofpersonalcomputerslicensedMS-DOSastheiroperatingsystem,generatingvastrevenuesforMicrosoft;bytheearly1990sithadsoldmorethan100millioncopiesoftheprogramanddefeatedrivaloperatingsystemssuchasCP/M,whichitdisplacedintheearly1980s,andlaterOS/2.MicrosoftdeepeneditspositioninoperatingsystemswithitsWindowsgraphicalcommandprogram,whosethirdversion,releasedin1990,gainedawidefollowing.By1993,Windows3.0anditssubsequentversionsweresellingatarateofonemillioncopiespermonth,andnearly90percentoftheworld’sPCsranonaMicrosoftoperatingsystem.In1995thecompanyreleasedWindows95,whichforthefirsttimefullyintegratedMS-DOSwithWindowsandeffectivelymatchedineaseofuseAppleComputer’sMacintoshOS.Italsobecametheleaderinproductivitysoftwaresuchasword-processingandspreadsheetprograms,outdistancinglong-timerivalsLotusandWordPerfectintheprocess.33.WhatistheroleofMicrosoftCorporationintheworldofsoftwaresystemsandapplications/A)It’sthebiggestmultinationalcorporation.B)It’sthefounderofpersonalcomputers.C)It’stheleadingdeveloper.D)It’sthelargestbooksellerinAmerica.34.Besidessoftwaresystemsandapplications,whatelsedoseMicrosoftdealin?A)Publishingbooksandmultimediatitles.B)Offeringelectronicmailservices.C)Inventingprogramlanguages.D)BothAandB.35.WhoestablishedMicrosoft?A)BillGates.B)PaulG.Allen.C)BillGatesandPaulG.Allen.D)Agroupofcomputerexperts.36.In1980IBMaskedMicrosofttoproducetheoperatingsystem,they______.A)i